19 months old!

summer is just around the corner, and i can't wait! longer days, nicer days, more time to spend outside and keep my son entertained! i find that as he's getting older, he requires more attention and definitely needs activities to keep him occupied. i still rely on treehouse to keep gabe entertained while i'm cooking dinner or just need 30 minutes to myself :)

now that i've spent a full week with him, i've really noticed how much gabe has grown...

• he still gets upset when introduced to new clothes, but after 2 attempts he accepted both his spring jacket AND his hard sole shoes in the same day! unfortunately he still won't sit on the new travelling toilet seat i bought...we may have to travel w/our baby bjorn toilet seat :P


• he's starting to make his own verbal version of "dada", which is more like "nya-nya". he's still good with "mama" but "no" has disappeared from his vocabulary.


• at the playground, gabe can now climb the stairs and will go down the slide with limited assistance. he has a tendancy to lean too far forward so i have to be close-by.


• it's fun to have little conversations with him...if you phrase a question or statement the right way, seeing gabe's response is priceless. he laughs and claps for "yes", shakes his head and grunts for "no", and then when he's not sure how to respond he just looks at you like you're crazy.


• gabe's getting much better at walking when we're out in public. usually he gets so clingy that chris or i have to carry him because once he's tasted freedom, he won't go back in the stroller. today i was uber-brave and took gabe to the aquarium WITHOUT the stroller! he was a superstar, and i only had to hold him so he could see the animals being fed.


• he's still a great eater and can now use a spoon to shovel his food. the only catch is that he`ll shovel food in his mouth until he gags, so we have to remind him smaller bites and to chew and swallow :)
  

and now we`re just a few days away from our trip to toronto! yahoo :)